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Cited in 12 segments across 6 recordings · 2014 to 2021 · term/term:awrah

Citing segments

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9 May 2021video LatestWhy did scholars say a slave woman's awrah is the same as a man's? Mufti Abu Layth says most scholars of the past legitimised the practice of slave girls out of pragmatism, realism and sex, and even presented it as a religious act. He contrasts this with music, which they were less keen to permit, and polygamy, which few manage today. Question source not recordedposition checked'awrahamah (slave woman)hijabIbn Hazm machine7 min 03 s0:38on YouTube
9 May 2021video Did scholars let slave women uncover more than free women? Mufti Abu Layth says the scholars dropped their concern for modesty when it came to slave women, and calls the claim that nobody would desire them nonsense. He thinks slave women probably wore working clothes, with arms and lower legs uncovered, rather than walking about topless. Lessonposition checked'awrahamah (slave woman)Hanbalifitnah machine4 min 58 s7:04on YouTube
14 Jul 2020live stream What parts of the body count as 'awrah for men and women? Mufti Abu Layth follows the school of Madinah: the core 'awrah is the private parts (for women, from below the navel to the thighs), and uncovering the rest in prayer does not invalidate it. Question from live chatposition checked'awrahMaliki school (the school of Madinah)salah machine5 min 02 s34:01on YouTube
19 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is it haram for medical students to dissect dead bodies? The guest says dissecting cadavers for medical training is permissible, and cites a Salafi fatwa forbidding it as an example of Ahl al-Hadith rigidity. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Kashif Khan (guest)Ahl al-Hadithfiqh'awrah (nakedness of the dead) machine3 min 57 s25:17on YouTube
19 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Does lowering the gaze apply to images and screens? The guest says most classical scholars took the forbidden gaze to be the lustful one, and that jurists distinguished seeing a person in the flesh from a reflection or screen, a matter on which there are two opinions. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Kashif Khan (guest)Ibn QudamaIbn Uthaymin [?]lowering the gaze (ghadd al-basar) machine7 min 56 s1:32:23on YouTube
19 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Do non-Muslim women in a Muslim country have to cover up? The guest says early scholars held that non-Muslim women cannot be forced to cover and that the prohibition on looking was applied only to believing women. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechShaykh Kashif Khan (guest)Hasan al-BasriSufyan al-Thawri [?]Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal machine3 min 57 s1:40:19on YouTube
4 Mar 2019Quick Fiqh! Is my prayer valid if I pray in a bikini or swimwear? On the Maliki view of Qadi Isma'il, which he finds strong, her prayer would have been valid, since covering is an obligation separate from salah; it is still not something he recommends. Either way nobody has the right to attack her. Question raised by Mufti Abu Laythposition checkedQadi Isma'il (Isma'il ibn Ishaq al-Qadi)al-Bukharisalah'awrah machine10 min 18 s0:38on YouTube
2 Apr 2017video Can I pray in a t-shirt or vest, or in clothes with a picture on them? Yes, as long as the 'awrah is covered: no special dress is needed, and pictures on clothes or in the room do not invalidate the prayer. One should not deliberately dress down for salah. Question written questionposition checked'awrah machine2 min 26 s41:27on YouTube
2 Apr 2017video Do men need to cover their head to pray, and can I pray in shorts? No: covering the head is custom and convention, not a sunnah of salah, so praying bareheaded is fine and not makruh. Long shorts are fine if they cover the 'awrah. Question written questionposition checked'awrahcustom and convention ('urf) machine1 min 39 s45:56on YouTube
2 Apr 2017video Is my prayer valid if my trousers slip and part of my backside shows for a moment in sujud? Yes, the prayer is still valid: a momentary exposure of the extended 'awrah in sujud does not invalidate it, though one should dress more modestly. The core 'awrah may never be exposed. Question raised by Mufti Abu Laythposition checked'awrah machine2 min 41 s47:35on YouTube
9 May 2014video Is the face part of a woman's 'awrah in the Maliki school? One speaker argues that neither the Maliki nor the Hanafi school counts the face as 'awrah, so covering it is at most a precaution against fitnah. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechUstadh Abdus Shakur Brooks (guest)niqab (face veil)'awrahfitnah machine6 min 22 s0:00on YouTube
9 May 2014video Did Imam Malik allow a woman to show her face to her husband's friends? One speaker reads Imam Malik's fatwa allowing a woman to eat with her husband's friends as proof that the face is uncovered; the other cites the later split between young and older women. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechUstadh Abdus Shakur Brooks (guest)Imam MalikAbu al-Walid al-Bajihijab machine8 min 19 s11:31on YouTube